In a restaurant, the wall beside table twelve gets splashed with wine, brushed by chairs and wiped down every night. In a hotel, corridor artwork is passed by luggage trolleys and housekeeping carts, and bedroom prints face sunlight through big windows. Hospitality interiors are designed to impress, but they are also some of the hardest working spaces for printed décor.
Where printed décor appears
- Bespoke wallpaper and murals in lobbies, bars and dining rooms
- Artwork and photography in guest rooms and corridors
- Local-history or brand-story walls in pubs and cafés
- Courtyard and terrace graphics
- Seasonal menus, promotions and event backdrops
Protection that suits service
Landor Liquid Lamination adds a protective layer that improves durability and lightfastness. Colourjet, the solvent coating at its heart, helps protect printed surfaces from water, chemicals and abrasion, and includes UV inhibitors against premature fading. In practice, that means a coated wall graphic or print is far better placed to cope with spills, scuffs and daily wiping than bare ink.
Housekeeping teams use a wide range of cleaning products. Before specifying a coated finish for a dining room or bathroom, coat a sample and try the actual products on it. Solvent coatings also do not suit every substrate or ink, so testing the full combination is the safest approach.
Refreshing a scheme without closing rooms
Hospitality businesses refresh their look regularly, and every day a room or restaurant is closed for redecoration costs money. Phototex printable self-adhesive fabric is designed for this. It applies like a sticker, can be repositioned during fitting and removes in one piece without damaging the wall when it is time for a change. It does not curl at the edges or peel, and maintenance staff can install it without specialist installers, often outside service hours.
Notes for specifiers
- Agree a finish early: high-gloss can look striking in a bar but distracting under spotlights in a dining room.
- For multi-site groups, coating gives a more consistent appearance as graphics age.
- If a project has fire or building regulation requirements, confirm them with the media manufacturer and your fit-out contractor; we do not make those claims for our coatings.
Interior designers working on hospitality projects can find related uses, from wallpaper to murals, in our applications section.
Fitting out a hotel, bar or restaurant? Call our team on 01252 624 411 and we will help you choose how to produce and protect the printed elements.